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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) poster
1977
global pct
76.6

Film · 1977 · Films · 1970s

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Two parallel scores from 476 z-qualifying reviewers and 480 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 peers).

76.6%
Z · Global
70.4%
Z · Cohort
Films · 1970s
72.2%
Raw · Global
72.3%
Raw · Cohort
Films · 1970s
Two scores · one item
Z-normalized · global
76.6
Z-normalized · cohortFilms · 1970s
70.4
Raw average · global
72.2
Raw average · cohortFilms · 1970s
72.3

Z-normalized corrects for reviewer bias (every reviewer re-centered onto their personal scale). Raw average uses simple mean across the broader pool including stddev=0 reviewers.

Where this title sits

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Z-normalized percentile · 2,406 peers in Films · 1970s

Mean reviewer z-score+0.323
DB1 raw-mean rating7.51 /10
DB2 raw-mean rating7.52 /10
90% CI-floor (z)+0.247
Reviewers (DB1 / DB2)476 / 480

Summary

A power company lineman becomes mysteriously drawn to a remote location after witnessing an unexplained aerial phenomenon. As he pursues the source of his inexplicable compulsion, he joins other witnesses and scientists investigating the strange occurrences.

Science FictionDramaMystery

Pipeline applied to this title

The math, in this order

01
Z-score per reviewer

476 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.

02
Aggregate

Mean z = +0.323. DB2 raw mean = 7.52.

03
CI-floor

90% CI-floor = +0.247. Thin samples penalized.

04
ECDF percentile

Global 76.6 / cohort 70.4. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.

Cohort: Films · 1970s

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